The Piltdown Men
They Filed the Teeth. They Stained the Bones. It Took 41 Years for Science to Look.
Les plus grandes tromperies de l'Histoire, dévoilées
Les fraudes les plus célèbres de l'Histoire passées au crible de l'Evidence Engine. Des journaux falsifiés qui ont berné les médias internationaux aux canulars scientifiques qui ont trompé des experts pendant des décennies — chaque affaire révèle les rouages de la tromperie et comment une analyse rigoureuse des preuves finit par la démasquer.
They Filed the Teeth. They Stained the Bones. It Took 41 Years for Science to Look.
He Buried a 10-Foot Stone Man in a Farmer's Field. Thousands Paid to Believe It.
60 Volumes. $6 Million. Hitler's Handwriting. Not One Word Was Real.
They Cut the Fairies Out of a Picture Book. The Creator of Sherlock Holmes Called It Proof.
He Painted a Vermeer So Perfect the Nazis Paid a Fortune. Then He Had to Prove It Was Fake to Save His Life.
One Forged Document Gave the Pope Half an Empire. It Took 600 Years for Anyone to Check.